Paradog - my programming skills are close to zero so this is perhaps a very silly (and paranoid)question - but anywayz - given that some folks appently encrypt files within a file that has the 'surface' appearance of a harmless mp3 file - would it be technically possible to bury an exe file within a fake mp3 file (it could be quite sizable with a label that claimed it was a long/high bit rate song) - then - when activated by a player the file wouldn't play and generate a message to that effect from the player - many of us would've experienced that from time to time and not be particularly perturbed) - but - the file would've activated and would then begin its dirty deeds - scour the hard drive for mp3 files and tag or cripple them before reporting back to some host RIAA.com say

feel entirely free to tell me I'm a complete idiot

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